Narrator as a Separate Character - an IFDB Poll

Games where the narrator is a distinct character from the PC whose actions you're controlling.

	Violet, by Jeremy Freese 2 votes "Very well done" [+]"Very well done: PC's girlfriend narrates (who isn't actually there, the PC is using an imaginary version of her to drive him to do the work). The real version of her is at home, and only appears in the epilogue" () --Max Fog... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Zape... Vote for this game

	Miss Gosling's Last Case, by Daniel M. Stelzer 1 vote "Miss Gosling..." [+]"Miss Gosling narrates as a ghost steering her dog." () --jaclynhyde... Vote for this game

	Úrquel, the black dragon, by David T. Marchand 1 vote "A dragon-slaying..." [+]"A dragon-slaying knight narrates this game, but the player controls his squire..." () --C.E.J. Pacian... Vote for this game

	Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short 1 vote "Same body, different person. Makes a lot of sense in game." [+]"Same body, different person. Makes a lot of sense in game." () --Max Fog... Vote for this game

	Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers 1 vote "You remote..." [+]"You remote control a mech; the game is mostly, but not entirely, narrated by a separate character who is in the mech." --Victor Gijsbers... Vote for this game

	Bellclap, by Tommy Herbert 1 vote "Certainly fits in..." [+]"Certainly fits in the poll. Indeed, there's a three-way split." --Dissolved... Vote for this game

	Means of Egress, by Livia J. Elliot 1 vote "A dungeon-crawler with a slightly philosophical side." [+]"A dungeon-crawler with a slightly philosophical side.: There is a 3rd person narrator that somewhat "narrates" the story, and the first-person narrator controller by the reader/player. They may not always agree on how the events unfold." --Livia J. Elliot... Vote for this game

	Absence of Law, by mathbrush 1 vote "You're...you" [+]"You're...you: The narrator is the OS, DaedalOS." () --Max Fog... Vote for this game

	Forsaken Denizen, by C.E.J. Pacian 1 vote "A princess..." [+]"A princess narrates as her girlfriend saves the day." () --jaclynhyde... Vote for this game

	Suspended, by Michael Berlyn 1 vote "Control 6 robots each with different voices" [+]"Control 6 robots each with different voices" () --Max Fog... Vote for this game

	Eat Me, by Chandler Groover 1 vote "Perfect example of the form" [+]"Perfect example of the form" () --Max Fog... Vote for this game

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Poll created on October 17, 2024